When you lose a family member it is always upsetting and stressful. The emotions are limited to you, a few other family members and close friends, but what about others? Well, for them, funerals are just another gossip ground, whatever might be happening around it doesn’t matter to them. The aunties take these funerals to another level, when my maternal grandfather died, … [Read more...]
From A Common Man In A Small Fishing Family To Missile Man Of India: He Truly Had Wings Of Fire
We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness. These are the great words of the great man who took his final breaths last night, taking away the pool of magnanimity and dedication along. Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born a common man in a small fishing family in … [Read more...]
You Need To Be Run Over By Salman To Get Talked About, Because Dying In The Heat Doesn’t Count
Poverty is like a punishment for a crime you didn’t commit - Eli Khamarov If you follow the news in India, you probably would know that around 2200 people have died due to a heat wave in the country. If you didn’t know, I would not blame you. Placed at the bottom of every national news website, at a corner somewhere, this piece of information apparently is not important for … [Read more...]
Some of the most tragic incidents where Indian Railways has let us down completely
Yet another case of negligence came into picture as Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district. More than 34 people have died and over 150 were injured. It was likely that there was a failure in the braking system, but the actual cause of the accident is still to be probed. But if we look deeper into the train accidents in India, this … [Read more...]
The way Manipal is reacting to the death of its student is exactly what they should NOT be doing
It was like another of those normal nights in Manipal. Late night parties, clubbing and interminable joy among the students was a common sight. This was one thing that compared Manipal to big clubbing cities of India or maybe even par with some of those. But this ungrateful night changed it all. The party town has been stunned in silence due to the recent turn of events. The … [Read more...]